The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-28
General and miscellaneous.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is max
ing arrangements to largely increase Its facll-
tiles for handling Lerlshable goods at Jersey
City.
Philadelphia papers state that the reports of a
contest for control of the Northern Pacific be-
tween the Oregon Transcontinental and the
present directors are greatly exaggerated.
The receipts OF grain at New York during
June by railroad and canal were IA, lao, 7S4 bush
els. The grain on the canal comes almost en-
tirely from a large oats and corn movement, the
increase Of wheat having gone to the railroads.
From Jan. to June 80 the total receipts by rail-
road and canal were SO. Ola, 1872 bushels against
So 49, 421 in 1886, and an increase of LAG, 473
bushels.
Pittsburg road, has invented automatic air.
brake, which is performing very satisfactorily
and is said to be ahead of any brake now in use.
1t Is said to be much more simple than any
other brake. doing away with all pipe joints
cept one short branch from the main train point.
The brake releases itself instantly without any
great pressure and applies itself promptly when
the train breaks or when any pipes conveying
the air become detached. Letters patent have
been applied for and train on the Cleveland q
Pittsburg road Is now being fitted up with the
brake
The California fruit-growers are said to be
very much pleased with the arrangements this
year for shipping their products TO Eastern mar
kets, even as far east as Boston The system is
this ConsiCnors, no matter how many, st ten
diferenr places in California forward as many
cars of green fruit at time as they please, TO 6
ed at auction. The scheme includes agree
ment between the Southern Pacific railroad and
the Erie express for special time between Chica-
GO and New York On a delivery by the trans
continental lines to the Erie Express Company,
at Chicago, of five cars more, the company
will push them promptly forward special
time. the trip not to exceed thirty-six hours 1T
the delivery be less than five cars they are to go
through on the passenger train leaving Chicago
in the morning. The schedule fixed upon is
$400 per for the through rate
W. G. Van Horne, vice-president of the Cana
dian Pacific road, has written letter to the
special committee of the American Society of
Civil Engineers in which he discusses the ques-
ton of adopting the TWEEN y-four-hour system for
"These letters. furnishing information to the
which have intervened-afford overwhelming
vantage of the Neutrality-suspicious. system in
with which business men and the
general public accept the 'change. The expert
ment of the last six months has determined the
Canadian Pacific Railroad Company to adopt
the twenty -fourhou system permanently
every division. every branch and every con-
Meeting line under its control. The next time
tables issued will extend the of the new
notation eastward to Toronto and to Ottawa. the
capital of the Dominion In another year. when
the extension of the Pacific Railway will be
completed, it is expected that the twenty four
hour system will be put in force within the linn
it's Of every province of Canada, from Nova
Scotia on the Atlantic to British Columbia on
the Pacific